Racism, Power and Control

America once aimed to develop in our citizens a sense of self-responsibility, a willingness to confront the world as it is, and an ability to distinguish between right and wrong by fostering strong ethics and morality that once allowed us to evaluate our situations in terms of logic, facts, and reality. This form of thought is slowly fading away from the society in which we find ourselves living in today. It is a society that is not only less inclined to look towards the truth, but is actively discouraged in doing so when the truth does not align with their perspective or their agenda.

The power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, and of misunderstanding the simplest arguments by injecting one’s own agenda reigns supreme in our society. This isn’t because society for the most part is regressing, but because authoritarianism in thought and in action…